Liu Yaxin

{{Short description|Chinese swimmer (born 1999)}}

{{family name hatnote|Liu|lang=Chinese}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Liu Yaxin
柳雅欣

| image =

| national_team = China

| strokes = Backstroke

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|6|16|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/yaxin-liu |title=Yaxin Liu |publisher=Rio Olympics |access-date=11 August 2016 |archive-date=26 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126052559/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/yaxin-liu |url-status=dead }}

| birth_place = Lishui, Zhejiang, China

| height = 1.78 m https://info.hangzhou2022.cn/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n2007992-liu-yaxin.htm{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}

| weight = 69 kg

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | {{CHN}}}}

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalBronze|{{GamesName|SOG|2024}}|4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalBronze|2023 Fukuoka|Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalBronze | 2021 Abu Dhabi | 4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold | 2018 Jakarta-Palembang | 200 m backstroke}}

{{MedalGold | 2022 Hangzhou | 4x100m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold | 2022 Hangzhou | 4x200m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver | 2022 Hangzhou | 200m backstroke}}

{{MedalBronze | 2022 Hangzhou | 200m freestyle}}

{{MedalCompetition | World University Games }}

{{MedalGold| 2021 Chengdu | 200 m freestyle }}

{{MedalGold|2021 Chengdu|200 m backstroke}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Chengdu| 4×100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Chengdu| 4×200 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Chengdu| 4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalGold|2021 Chengdu| {{nowrap|4×100 m mixed medley}}}}

}}

Liu Yaxin ({{zh|s=柳雅欣|p=Liǔyǎxīn}}; born 16 June 1999) is a Chinese competitive swimmer who specializes in backstroke.

She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the 200 meter backstroke. She swam the 4th time in the semifinals and reached the final, where she finished 7th.

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan she finished 18th in the 200 meter backstroke.

On 19 August 2018 Liu won the Women's 200M Backstroke at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.{{cite news|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/liu-yaxin-continues-chinas-hot-streak-with-200-back-gold|title=Liu Yaxin Continues China's Hot Streak With 200 Back Gold|date=19 August 2018|journal=Swimming World Magazine News|access-date=27 August 2018}}